Daily Ancestorsobrinus
Sobrinus (feminine sobrina) is Latin for a cousin, especially on the mother's side; in some uses it meant a nephew or a cousin's child.
Sobrinus comes from soror, sister, and first meant the child of a mother's sister. Dictionaries give cousin on the mother's side, and the word also took on meanings such as nephew or, in late Latin, a cousin's child.
Because of this range, read sobrinus as a cousin of some kind and confirm the exact link from other records. Consobrinus is the more common word for a first cousin.
As seen in a recordLatin marriage register note, 1800s
Dispensati in impedimento consanguinitatis, sponsus et sponsa sobrini
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